The benefits óf so many people working and spending, making us richer, are
huge. The number of people 1living below the poverty line has dramatically
decreased, and we are living healthier lives, with access to more kinds of
technology to do dangerous jobs and heavy lifting. But the things we love are
produced/úsing the Earth's raw materials, ones that are disappearing. Take
oil. It is vital for production and transportation, and oil companies are moving
further into rural areas to find morg, having already exhausted ofher reserves.